SKILLMAN, NJ (April 16)
-- Another flawless week of ACC competition has kept the Virginia men and North
Carolina women atop the ITA College Tennis Rankings for a 10th
straight week. With a pair of conference wins, the Cavaliers of Virginia have
won 101 straight matches against ACC competition and improved to 19-0 on the
season. The North Carolina women won two conference matches last week to
improve to 21-2 on the season, making it four straight seasons the Tar Heels
have won at least 20 matches.
For the first time
since January 3rd, the men will have a new leader atop the ITA singles rankings
as Virginia’s Jarmere Jenkins took over as the nation’s top player, replacing
teammate Alex Domijan who held the top ranking for five straight ranking
periods. Surprisingly enough, this is Jenkins’ first time as the nation’s top
singles player. To make things even sweeter for the Virginia senior, he also
owns the top spot in the ITA doubles rankings with partner Mac Styslinger.
With five wins over Top
10 opponents on her resume, Florida’s Lauren Embree remains the nation’s top
female player for a fifth straight week. However, the biggest eye opener in
this week’s rankings is the emergence of a Georgia’s Kate Fuller and Silvia
Garcia as the No. 1 doubles team. Last week the Georgia duo picked up a pair of
SEC wins against former Top 10 doubles teams.
Follow the Leader:
For the men, following Virginia is (in order): Georgia, UCLA, USC, Ohio State,
Ole Miss, Tennessee, Pepperdine, Mississippi State, and Duke. On the women’s
side North Carolina is followed by Florida, Georgia, Texas A&M, USC, Michigan,
UCLA, Alabama, Cal, and Miami (Florida).
Conference Count:Men’s Top 25: SEC – 11; ACC – 4; Big 12 & Pac-12 – 3; Big Ten, Conference
USA, Ivy League & WCC – 1. The SEC has four men’s teams inside the Top 10,
while the ACC and the Pac-12 have two each. Women’s Top 25: ACC & SEC –
6; Pac-12 – 5; Big Ten – 3; Big 12 & Conference USA – 2; Big East – 1. The SEC
landed four women’s teams in the Top 10, to go along with three from the Pac-12
and two from the ACC.
Double-Dip: A
total of 12 schools have both their men’s and women’s programs ranked inside the
Top 25. Georgia, UCLA, and USC find both their men’s and women’s teams inside
the Top 10 this week.

School

Men

Women

Auburn

21

19

Cal

18

9

Clemson

24

13

Duke

10

11

Florida

14

2

Georgia

2

3

Texas A&M

12

4

Tulsa

23

24

UCLA

3

7

USC

4

5

Vanderbilt

16

18

Virginia

1

17

Top 25 Caliber:
Three new teams entered the Top 25 this week, one on the men’s side and two on
the women’s. For the men, Wake Forest moved into the No. 25 spot after picking
up two ACC wins last week, including a tight 4-3 win over former No. 27 Florida
State. On the women’s side, Tulsa and TCU are new to the top 25 this week.
Tulsa is fresh off a 4-2 win over former No. 28 Memphis, giving the Golden
Hurricane eight straight wins. The TCU women have won five of their last six
matches which include two wins over former Top 50 opponents.
Top 75 Newcomers:
A total of seven teams (three men, four women) cracked the Top 75 this week.

Men

Women

Cal Poly (65)

UNLV (61)

South Florida (68)

Virginia Tech (68)

SMU (72)

Louisville (69)

Pepperdine (71)

Upset Central:
Below is a listing of all of the upsets of both men's and women's Top 25 teams
from the previous week. All listed results are from Monday, April 8th through
Sunday, April 14th. The South Carolina men posed the biggest problem this past
week, recording two Top 25 upsets.